Author Archives: Keith

Home Education Podcast Interview

A few weeks ago I was invited to give an interview for the Home Education Matters podcast about GCSE Astronomy. There’s a link to the interview in my latest blog post. Why not have a listen?

Thank you to Home Education Matters for inviting me!

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AI Slop vs the Human Connection

After a hard day of work or study, some people enjoy a mindless scroll through social media. It’s an opportunity to turn one’s mind off for a few minutes of harmless dopamine, right? Oh dear. Given my job and search history, the social media algorithms think I must really want to see some AI slop about physics education! Read about it in my latest blog post!

Collection of Old Physics Videos

I’ve finished uploading my collection of old videos, dating back as far as 1949 (and of varying quality). These videos are in the public domain, but I think it is good to have an all-in-one-place repository. This would make it easier to find one in the future. Check out my latest blog post for the link!

Old Educational VHS Cassettes

My Physics department at school has a collection of old VHS cassettes, some dating back to the 1980s. I don’t want them to be lost forever, so I’ve started the process of digitising them. I found an old VCR in a cupboard in the geography/geology department, got a SCART to HDMI adapter and a videoContinueContinue reading “Old Educational VHS Cassettes”

“Physics is JUST applied mathematics”

“Physics is just applied mathematics”: a statement often given by non-physicists in an attempt to assuage their own feelings of inadequacy. In this blog post, I explore the assertion that mathematics was invented by physicists.